A Load of Rubbish Big City Park

-# Where do we wanna go today?

-Big City Park!

# We wanna play You wanna have some fun

# Let's go on a treasure hunt

# A very special day

# In the big, big city park

# Big City Park!

# So come along

# Let's have a great time today

# In the big, big, city park

# Big City Park! #

Lovely to see you here in Big City Park.

Ruairi's just giving me a hand to tighten this rain cover.

I love the rain, but sometimes, it can be a bit too rainy here.

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Where's Billy? He was supposed to be helping.

He was trying to scare me with a tall tale about the ghost of the yew tree.

But he ended up scaring himself instead!

Oo-o-o-o-oh!

That sounded more like a Big City Park badger than anything else!

He's about as scary as a daffodil!

THEY CHUCKLE

Hey, Ruairi, shall we play along and let him have his fun?

Do you know what, May?

I think you're right.

I am the ghost of the old yew tree-e-e-e!

Oh, dear!

Turn around now and bump into me!

Oh! Oh...I didn't say that!

Who-o-a-a-a-a-r-r-g-h!

May! Ah!

Oh! Oh, it's only Ruairi, Billy!

It's only Ruairi.

I knew that. I'm not scared.

Hee-hee-hee!

You jumped so high, you almost bumped your head

on the clouds!

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, look.

There's Dara and her friends now.

-Hi, Kathleen!

-Hi.

-Hi, Joanna.

-Hi.

-Hi, Ryan.

-Hi.

Are you ready to come exploring in Big City Park?

ALL: Yes!

ALL: Big City Park!

I wish people wouldn't drop litter in Big City Park.

-What's litter?

-It's rubbish that people leave behind.

And on a busy day like today, people leave lots of litter.

Oh, Billy, there's some litter beside you.

It's not mine.

That wasn't May's either, but she still picked it up.

Well, you can pick it up if you like.

You shouldn't pick litter up with your bare hands.

There might be something dangerous underneath it.

That's why I use this grabber. And it doesn't matter who dropped it -

it still has to be picked up. We don't drop litter here, do we?

ALL: No.

Did I tell you about the time I found a sparkling diamond

at the bottom of a rubbish heap in Bombay?

Bombay?!

THEY CHUCKLE

It's around here somewhere.

One person's rubbish is another person's treasure.

Billy, if we see more litter, you can help pick it up.

But why, if I didn't drop it?

You live in Big City Park, you want it to stay tidy, don't you?

I suppose so.

OK. Bags in hands.

Boots on toes.

It's exploring time!

-So...

-ALL: Off we go!

Oh, Billy, there's some litter there beside you.

Very good, Billy.

Ah, look at these lovely flowers. How would you feel

if you woke up in the morning and there was a big plastic bag

all over your house?

You wouldn't be able to go out and play with your friends.

You'd be scared cos you'd be in the dark.

-Where should we put our litter?

-In the bin.

-In the bin!

We could pick all this rubbish up, help all the flowers and the trees.

-ALL: Yeah!

-Yeah?

Lots of people drop litter and don't pick it up.

-I'm afraid that's right.

-Why?

Well, maybe some of them forget,

-and maybe some don't realise how bad it is to drop litter.

-Ah.

What would you do with litter?

I think we might need some help to find out, Dara.

I'm on my way!

Well, I can't find the big sparkling diamond.

But look!

There's lots of other treasure that people throw out!

-We need to find out what my friends do with litter.

-Easy.

Did I never tell you about the time I sailed on the canal

on a boat made from recycled umbrellas?

But we don't have a canal in Big City Park.

Well, there used to be whenever I was a lad.

This place was just like Venice.

Gondolas as far as the eye could see.

Got to dash!

Eh, Dara, would you say that Billy and May and all their friends

-found a lot of rubbish?

-Well, we found rubbish in bushes,

in trees, on the grass - everywhere!

Well, if we all learn not to drop litter,

and we tell just one of our friends, and they tell one of their friends,

then this will have been a good day.

I think you're right. Got to dash!

HE SIGHS

I wish I could find that big sparkling diamond.

Right. What can we do with litter?

Hmm.

Here we are!

That's the one.

From the fastest fox in Big City Pa-a-a-ark

to the friendliest friends in the Big City. Tell us what you know.

ALL: We're playing outside today, come with us!

# We're going to play We're going to play

# We're going to make a string decoration for the gate. #

We're going to paint things that you normally throw out.

Paint it up and down.

We're going to make the gate pretty.

I like playing in the Big City.

Do you paint things you're going to throw out?

This was rubbish.

-Finished with this one!

-Finished with this one!

I've got it on my clothes...

THEY LAUGH

-I've got it all over my fingers.

-It doesn't matter if you get messy.

-That's the fun.

-Cos you can wash it off.

ALL: We like playing outside, do you?

After three pink, it's a blue.

I'm putting mine on the string now.

Oh, this one looks great!

-We need a pink.

-No. Yellow, blue, yellow, pink.

THEY LAUGH

-ALL:

-We're finished with our string decorations.

-ALL:

-Time to play some more!

-ALL:

-Bye, Dara!

Bye! See you soon!

# Big City Park! #

Perhaps we could keep all the litter we find

and build it into the biggest pile in the park.

Then I could sit on the top and look for anyone that drops litter.

Good idea, very clever.

But the thing about litter is that when it's windy,

it can blow all over the park and make an even bigger mess.

We don't want that to happen, do we?

No, I want the flowers to be able to breathe.

HE PANTS

-Ha-ha-ha-ha! Found out for you, May.

-Found out what, Dora?

My friends in the city never drop litter.

-They know how to turn it into cool things.

-I've got a much better idea.

-BILLY LAUGHS

-Em, Billy, that's not very nice.

-Oh.

-Did you hear what Dara said?

Oh.

Sorry, Dara. Didn't mean to be rude.

That's all right, Billy.

-THEY LAUGH

-Well done, Billy.

Tell us about your idea.

Why don't we make a Lorna Litter, a kind of doll made from rubbish?

Then she could tell people not to make a mess in the Big City Park.

Oh! That is a great idea!

We'll have to check through the litter.

We can't do that unless we've got our gloves on.

-Gloves keep your hands safe.

-All right, Billy.

What are we waiting for? Let's make a Lorna Litter!

Yes! Ha-ha-ha!

I wonder what's keeping everyone.

Well, if they don't come soon, it'll be getting dark

and they won't be able to see the popcorn.

Did I ever tell you about the time I climbed to the top of Ben Nevis?

I was so high up that my ears popped...

more than my popcorn! Ha-ha-ha-ha!

-Wow!

-Lorna Litter looks cool.

She doesn't look RUBBISH at all.

THEY LAUGH

HE GASPS AND LAUGHS

You looked bigger than a giant, there!

You know, these used to be somebody's rubbish once,

but not any more!

I keep them in my treasure chest with everything else I find.

Oh! Maybe the others have found treasure!

I'd better call them and see.

CLANG!

Ow!

Ruairi's calling us to the Story Circle. Shall we go and see him?

-ALL: Yes!

-We've made more than one Lorna Litter.

We've made her a friend. What shall we call him?

-Laurence Litter.

-What do you think? Shall we call him Laurence Litter?

ALL: Yeah.

Let's go.

CLANG!

Ow! Ah! Oh...

I must remember to stop forgetting about

that big, banging, bonging bell.

Will you all be picking up litter from now on?

ALL: Yes!

-Look, Ruairi. This is Lorna Litter.

-She's beautiful.

There's one or two things in the Story Circle that I found.

My hammock used to be an old fishing net. I recycled it.

What was your favourite part of today?

Picking up litter.

Making Lorna Litter.

It sounds like another fine day here in Big City Park.

LAUGHTER

A-hem! A-hem!

You've heard about the litter lout

Who throws down rubbish when he is out

But with Dara, Billy, May and me

Our friends saw a good way to be

We learned a few new tricks today

And won't just throw our things away!

THEY LAUGH

Shall we ask Ruairi if we can put Lorna Litter in his treasure chest?

She'll stay nice and safe and remind us of all the fun we had.

It's been another great day at Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon.

Sometimes Ruairi's tall tales are rubbish! Ha-ha!

Maybe we should recycle him too!

THEY LAUGH

I am the ghost of the old yew tree.

Billy shouldn't have messed with me!

Aaargh! Oooh!

-THEY LAUGH

-Oh, Billy!

# Big City Park! #

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